Gower VIC 3463
30 addresses · 8 streets
Bendigo Electorate › Mount Alexander LGA › Gower · 117 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Gower is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 45 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Castlemaine Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Gower itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
1 library
1 post office
1 service station
2 golf clubs
1 butcher
4 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Castlemaine, 11.6 km south-east · Airport: Bendigo Airport, 37.9 km north-east.
Sport & Recreation
2 facilities recorded in Gower.
- Castlemaine & District Motocycle Club Motor Cycling
- Castlemaine Motocross Track BMX
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 91.9% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 3.3% · Labour-force participation 75%
Population by age in Gower
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 3 |
| 45-54 | 7 |
| 55-64 | 13 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Gower
| House | 18 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Gower
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Gower
| Australian | 24 |
|---|---|
| English | 13 |
| Scottish | 8 |
| Irish | 7 |
| German | 6 |
| Maltese | 4 |
Housing tenure in Gower
| Owned | 8 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Gower
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Gower
| Car | 16 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
13,734 bird observations recorded near Gower — most often seen:
- Australian Magpie (816)
- Red Wattlebird (767)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (708)
- Galah (673)
- Superb Fairy-wren (620)
- Crimson Rosella (570)
- Fuscous Honeyeater (564)
- Eastern Rosella (531)
- White-winged Chough (490)
- Weebill (485)
- Brown Treecreeper (478)
- Eastern Red Wattlebird (445)
- Spotted Pardalote (443)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Gower
- Little Raven (429)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (419)
- Striated Pardalote (405)
- Common Bronzewing (401)
- White-naped Honeyeater (389)
- Eastern Grey Shrike-thrush (382)
- White-throated Treecreeper (379)
- Eastern Australian Magpie (363)
- Southern Fuscous Honeyeater (360)
- Willie Wagtail (352)
- Welcome Swallow (346)
- South-eastern Crimson Rosella (329)
- Buff-rumped Thornbill (325)
- White-browed Babbler (319)
- Grey Currawong (318)
- Grey Fantail (317)
- Eastern Galah (311)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Gower:
- Maldon (3.7 km)
- Walmer (7.3 km)
- Welshmans Reef (7.5 km)
- Tarrengower (7.5 km)
- Nuggetty (7.7 km)
- Muckleford (8.3 km)
- Muckleford South (9.6 km)
- Mckenzie Hill (9.9 km)
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Streets
- Bendigo-maldon Road (1)
- Castlemaine-maldon Road (12)
- High Street (1)
- Lewis Road (4)
- Pullans Road (6)
- Sandy Creek Road (4)
- Sinclairs Lane (1)
- Tattown Track (1)